Burma
a country in Southeast Asia, renamed Myanmar in 1989.
- Former official name Union of Burma .
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He became a globe-trotting peace advocate, pushing for justice, freedom and an end to conflict in Israel-Palestine, Rwanda, Burma and Iraq.
Desmond Tutu, Anti-Apartheid Campaigner Who Tried to Heal the World, Dies at 90 | Aryn Baker | December 26, 2021 | TimeIn addition, there are examples of women from Buddhist communities in Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Burma receiving full ordination abroad.
In 1988, camera films had to be smuggled out of Burma, as Myanmar was then known, before the world could see the streets bathed with blood.
Revolutions Are Built on Hope. That's Why I Believe Myanmar's Protesters Will Succeed | MiMi Aye | April 8, 2021 | TimeThey have to show the military the cost of brutally repressing Burma’s people—targeted sanctions against the military leaders, the military’s business interests, and civilian business who support the military.
'The Military Is Terrorizing Us Day and Night.' The Human Rights Activist Documenting Horror in Myanmar | Amy Gunia | March 18, 2021 | TimeThe couple had grown up together in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge | by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung | December 21, 2020 | ProPublica
As a result, Burma was welcomed back to the international community.
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives | Joshua Carroll | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough Burma is warm during the day, the temperature drops dramatically at night.
Tha returned to Thailand to restock on medicine, and the Free Burma Rangers were born.
Myanmar’s Free Burma Rangers Are Like Doctors Without Borders…With Guns | James Griffiths | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTha had begun working with Karen refugees in Thailand when one day he decided to head into Burma itself.
Myanmar’s Free Burma Rangers Are Like Doctors Without Borders…With Guns | James Griffiths | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The war goes on,” Tha U Wa A Pa the leader of the Free Burma Rangers, tells me from deep within the Burmese jungle.
Myanmar’s Free Burma Rangers Are Like Doctors Without Borders…With Guns | James Griffiths | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt took me back to Burma and a certain very uncomfortable night that I once passed in the jungle.
Uncanny Tales | VariousEveryone knows Mandalay by name from Kipling's poem, even if they know nothing of the rest of Burma.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonYou will see plenty of elephants here, for elephants are to Burma what camels are to Egypt, the regular beasts of burden.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonSome of the largest pagodas have been restored, which is rather a wonder in Burma as restoration does not make for "merit."
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonI am now hurrying on to India proper and must conclude my impression of Burma with this letter.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence Poe
British Dictionary definitions for Burma
/ (ˈbɜːmə) /
the former official name (until 1989, though still widely used) of Myanmar
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Cultural definitions for Burma
Republic in Southeast Asia, now officially known as Myanmar, bordered by Bangladesh, India, and the Bay of Bengal to the west; China to the north and northeast; Laos and Thailand to the east; and the Andaman Sea to the south. Rangoon is its capital and largest city.
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